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Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD April 2008
... There is also certainly a push from the Ministry of Health and the BCMA to take this step through PITO, which by ...
News / BY: David R. Richardson, MD July/August 2008
... tissue engineering along with an expanded focus on global health and medicine. They also have a companion web site, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Eric Webber, MD, FRCSC, September 2008
... and distributed undergraduate program, the Ministry of Health agreed to provide funds for educating residents, ... includes representatives from the faculty, the Ministry of Health, and the six health authorities, has proven to be a valuable forum to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Susan Albersheim, MD, FRCPC, PhD, November 2008
... care, parental refusal of medical treatment pushes the health care team not to act. However, the more common scenario is when parents push the health care team to do “everything.” If there is no ... parental decision-making authority, how certain must the health care team be that treatment will result in survival ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Bill Cavers, MD March 2008
High-risk mental health pa­tients and the GPs who care for them are ... benefiting from a new $8 million community-based mental health initiative launched by the General Practice Services ... to be compensated for taking time to consider their mental health patients’ needs, for developing care plans in ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Victoria J. Cook, MD, FRCPC May 2008
... of the underlying social and economic determinants of health. —Victoria J. Cook, MD —R. Kevin Elwood, MD ...
News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS September 2008
... are not participating in the Core-Plus Plan under the BCMA Health Benefits Trust Fund (HBTF), you could be missing an ... 31 October 2008. The Core-Plus Plan provides ex­tended health care and dental plans to help cover costs not paid for by the provincial health insurance plan. Members may enroll themselves (and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nupura Krishnadev, MD, October 2008
... is one of the specialties consulted most frequently by health professionals working on the psychiatric ward, where a ... both consulting specialists and also the multidisciplinary health care team caring for patients with psychiatric ... effect of these medications on cardiovascular health. The association of these medications with weight gain ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Lori d’Agincourt-Canning, MSc, MA, PhD, December 2008
... in rural and remote regions and have limited access to health services, including genetic counseling for hereditary ... re­gional centres, small hospitals, and community health clinics. Telehealth programs directed specifically at ... began by visiting these rural communities to talk to local health care providers about providing hereditary cancer ...
Letters / BY: Doug McGhee, MD January/February 2008
... align the  BCMJ  with the current epoch in environmental health and make it the most Earth-friendly medical journal on ...